Ecological design for climate mitigation in contemporary urban living

International Journal of Water

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 337-352

  Schmidt, Marco ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate change; Evaporative cooling; Facades; Green roof design; New water paradigm; Rainwater harvesting; Urban heat islands

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; DEFORESTATION; ECODESIGN; ECOLOGY; EVAPORATION; EVAPORATIVE COOLING SYSTEMS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FACADES; RAIN; ROOFS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

EVAPORATIVE COOLING; GREEN ROOF; NEW WATER PARADIGM; RAIN WATER HARVESTING; URBAN HEAT ISLAND;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEFORESTATION; DROUGHT; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HEAT ISLAND; INFILTRATION; MITIGATION; RAINWATER; ROOF; SOLAR RADIATION; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; VEGETATION COVER; WATER MANAGEMENT;

BERLIN; GERMANY;

EID: 79952167562     PISSN: 14656620     EISSN: 17415322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJW.2010.038727     Document Type: Article

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